Daily Republican., 1887-01-01
LETTER FROM WEST VIRGIL MA.
Correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN.

rorrtspondeEee Of the b REPUBLICAN,.
TALcoTT, w Va, Dec. 29.-On the
24th OF this month New river was the
scene Of terrible fight. A ball was In
progress At Keeneys Creek, some d IL.
! lance below here, at which were pres.
eDt two parties oil men who bore each
other deadly haired, the Hilberts nd
Halls, VITO came here f:om Kentucky
and are said To be on Z 70 the Regulators,
gang OF outlaws. The dance Was or.
DERBY until the flames of the whiskey
began TO penetrate the brAinA OF the
Wild young fellows who we're present.
Friends OF the parties tried to keep the
tfoub that W - ore swing uodsr control,
but without avail. tho flames OF hatred
burst forth In unsovernable fury. Re.
voivers were drawn and the COR fiict be.
gan In dead earnest.
At the first round George Gilbert fell,
rtddled with bullets; Elijah Gilbert was
shot In the shoulder. but will recover;
John Montgomery was SGT In the neck
and fatally injured; John Land, Of the
Hall faction, was dangerously cut with
Q razor by Elijah Gilbert. The scene
beagsred oil description. Mon, women
and children fed from the room In
deepest terror. The lights were all put
out, and when the battle Was over it
was found that ths room was salrly rid.
died by bullets. The only one OF the
shooters captured was Mike Donahoe,
who was taken bsfore the Justice of the
Peace During the trial DonAhoe
jumped through the window carry ing
sash and glass with him, and although
hred Al and wounded in the foot, he Gu.
capped. Gilbert leaves a wife and one
child. The affair has created the wild.
est excitement from ore end OF New
river 10 the other.
Our town of Hinton came in for a
share OF the trouble incident to TOO
much liquor on Christmas eye. A me-
gro jus. discharged frcn thb psniten :.
ttarv, JsNe Coleman hr nsae, entered
the ladics' co oor NJ the Genot aud Ia.
duigtd In very Va "a add d Ji Eva, ista-
gage. Upon being ofdersd out by NJ.
Lswis McCreery, the station agent. he
showed 6ght. Mr.. MeCree.y Knocked
him down just as he got outside, ard
sezing q stick, was about to further
chastise h!in, when be ara pled with
McCreery, and In struggling for DOS.
session OF The stick both rolled in front
OF On approaching lncom olive. The on.
siIeer being on the lockout, reversed
the engine and stopped it within only
about ten feet Of the stru ggilnq men. a
great crowd OF angry whites and blacks
had by this time congrea ated, aud as
soon as the men separated and rose TO
their feet man from the crowd felled
tne negro with . pick hanile, striking
him upon the head.
II Is said by the physician attending
Coleman tina: II he gets over the hurf'
what little sense he had will HAYS lest
him To-day Democrats al we'll as Re-
publicans mourn the loes pf our great
and noble General, John A Logan. The !
bi,terest OF his opponents here teei
imply acknowledge that ha was a great !
man, an honest man, and q true
patriot. The dead roll has recorded ON |
Its face long list OF illustrious ones. |
whom the grim monster has claimed |
within TIE pat year. LIZ. the living
emulate their example and take
courage, remembering that there is one
VINO sitteth on higa, who will not sueer |
lne nation %Lo owns him as God nge-
al, to perish. W. b. W.